[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR2a.3]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 2a--PROTECTION OF IDENTITY--RESEARCH SUBJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2a.3  Application; coordination.

    (a) Any person engaged in (or who intends to engage in) the research 
to which this part applies, who desires authorization to withhold the 
names and other identifying characteristics of individuals who are the 
subject of such research from any person or authority not connected with 
the conduct of such research may apply to the Office of the Director, 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Office of the Director, National 
Institute of Mental Health, or the Office of the Director, National 
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857 for an authorization of confidentiality.
    (b) If there is uncertainty with regard to which Institute is 
appropriate or if the research project falls within the purview of more 
than one Institute, an application need be submitted only to one 
Institute. Persons who are uncertain with regard to the applicability of 
these regulations to a particular type of research may apply for an 
authorization of confidentiality under the regulations of this part to 
one of the Institutes. Requests which are within the scope of the 
authorities described

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in Sec. 2a.1(b) will be forwarded to the appropriate agency for 
consideration and the person will be advised accordingly.
    (c) An application may accompany, precede, or follow the sumission 
of a request for DHHS grant or contract assistance, though it is not 
necessary to request DHHS grant or contract assistance in order to apply 
for a Confidentiality Certificate. If a person has previously submitted 
any information required in this part in connection with a DHHS grant or 
contract, he or she may substitute a copy of information thus submitted, 
if the information is current and accurate. If a person requests a 
Confidentiality Certificate at the same time he or she submits an 
application for DHHS grant or contract assistance, the application for a 
Confidentiality Certificate may refer to the pertinent section(s) of the 
DHHS grant or contract application which provide(s) the information 
required to be submitted under this part. (See Secs. 2a.4 and 2a.5.)
    (d) A separate application is required for each research project for 
which an authorization of confidentiality is requested.